'JS Journal', December 1953

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 1
  J.S. News
  Page 9
  A Great Send-off to Mrs. Rudd
  Page 11
  A New Beginning in Somers Town
  Page 18
  Debden's Baby Sister
  Page 24
  Ripe and Royal
  Page 26
  J.S. Jobs
  Page 27
  Night Trip
  Page 31
  Slaughterhouse in Action
  Page 41
  About...

• J.S. News
  03

  THE DIRECTORS send their Christmas
  Greetings and good wishes to all who
  work in J.S., at Headquarters, at the
  Branches, on the Scottish Farms, in the
  mW- Egg and Poultry Packing Stations and
  the newly opened Slaughterhouse...

• Progress at Lewisham
  05

  Progress at Lewisham
  ABOVE August, BELOW November. These pictures taken from approximately
  the same position on our Lewisham site show our progress downwards. The expanding
  hole in the ground is where the basement of our new...

• K- Y. & R. Dance at Wembley
  07

  Mr. W. F. Brown, Manager of Greenford, Superintendent J. F. Lamb and
  Mr. A. Biddlecombe at Wembley Town Hall.
  K- Y. & R. Dance at Wembley

• Congratulations
  08

  CONGRATULATIONS
  Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Welford of 63, Newstead Road, Lee, who have just
  celebrated their Diamond Wedding. Mr. Welford retired from the Warehouse
  at Blackfriars in 1936 after 15 years' service. Both he and Mrs....

• Marriage
  08

  MARRIAGE (BETWEEN MEMBERS OF J.S. STAFF)
  We offer our best wishes for their future happiness to :—
  Miss D. P. Paine of East Finchley and Mr. J. W. Airey
  occasion of their marriage on December 12th, 1953.
  of Whetstone, on the

• News of J.S. Staff on National Service
  08

  NEWS OF J.S. STAFF ON NATIONAL SERVICE
  We have heard from the following National Servicemen during the past few weekj :—
  R. F. MEALING, Bournemouth. Upavon, Wilts (R.A.F.). Has now been
  promoted Senior Aircraftsman and has...

• Obituary
  08

  OBITUARY
  We very much regret to record the death on October 19th of Mr. H. Guy.
  He was in the Transport Department for 29 years, retiring in 1948. We
  extend our sincerest sympathy to Mrs. Guy and the family.

• Staff Movements and Promotions
  08

  STAFF MOVEMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
  We are pleased to record the following promotions since our last issue :—
  TO ASSISTANT MANAGER
  R. C. Andrews of Hythe
  K. P. Wood of Seaford
  R. J. Woodhouse of Romford
  TO HEAD BUTCHER
  L. J....

• A Great Send-off to Mrs. Rudd
  11

  Mrs. Kudd with the present staff of the Griffin Club, BACK ROW : H. Whittaker,
  D. Wall, J. Seton, A. Robins, FRONT ROW : S. Taylor, V. Franklin, Mrs.
  Rudd, E. Oxley, L. Potter. Mr. W. Goss, Mr. W. C. Gurr and Mr. Parker...

• A New Beginning in Somers Town
  13

  Mr. John Sainsbury visits the new branch and chats with some of the customers. IN a way one can't help but sympathise with those customers who regret the old shop at Chalton Street and find it hard to change their habits....

• Debden's Baby Sister
  20

  ABOVE Junior customers take a keen interest in shopping the self-service way. OPPOSITE The design of the shop front is clean, simple and modern. Our smallest self-service store yet Grange Hill is the second self-service...

• Correction
  25

  Will readers please note that the names under the photographs of the cricket teams in our October number should have read as follows : "V" Section BACK ROW : J. Fairman, R. Whiting, H. Donovan, L. James, D. Richmond, H. Stone,...

• Ripe and Royal
  26

  Mr. R. G. P. Cox, at the National Dairy Show, Olympia, judging the Stiltons. A word about Stilton by R. G. P. Cox There is a little game, amusing to the onlooker, called " The King of Cheese " or perhaps better termed "...

• J.S. Jobs
  28

  Seventh of a series about people and the jobs they do for J.S. Afiw iiy Whiteside TOWARDS the end of the afternoon at Blackfriars, the items which make up the daily bulletin are at last brought together. In twenty...

• Night Trap
  29

  Every night J.S. transport leaves Blackfriars to keep long distance branches supplied with fresh goods. We print below a brief account of this J.S. job tilth which few of our staff are familiar. AT two o'clock in the morning...

• Slaughterhouse in Action
  33

  Mr. James Sainsbury with Mr. E. Burgon watch the new saw in action at Little Wratting. IF you want to be certain that you're getting the best possible raw materials to produce the best possible products for sale there's only...

• About Your Branch Cold Store
  43

  Mr. A. O. Hickman, who irroie our article on the workings of the cold store', has been with the ].S. Engineering Department since 1932. As a change from his work as refrigeration expert he spent his war services in ISortb...

• The Country at Blackfriars
  47

  Depot and supervisory staff at the dance. The Country Sections Dance on October 31st saw a packed canteen at Blackfriars. Coaches and cars rolled in from north, south, east and west, bringing dancers for one of the most ...

• After the Party
  55

  POST-CHRISTMAS cookery can be interesting and tasty so we asked our cooking expert to make some suggestions to prevent that feeling of post-Christmas anti-climax. Turkey or Chicken left-overs INGREDIENTS About 1 lb. turkey or...

• Secret Mission
  57

  Pero di Covilhan and Affonso di Paiva, two Portuguese spies, were sent in 1487 by King John of Portugal on a secret mission, firstly to spy out the details of the spice trade, a monopoly of the Arabs, and secondly to find ...